Emergency Radiology

General Information
P.O. Box 208042, CH 272B
New Haven, CT 06520-8042 Admin Assistant, Lisa Hribko |
Phone:
Fax: |
203-200-5180
203-200-5170 |
The goal of the Emergency/Trauma Imaging section is to provide high quality, timely, final reports to all ER patients requiring urgent radiological services The ER/Trauma Imaging section was one of the first programs in the country to staff on-site attending radiologists 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Schedule and Staffing
Since 1998 the ER/Trauma section has been providing seamless coverage to the York Street Campus, which serves as both a Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 1 Stroke Center. The ER/Trauma section has significantly expanded in 2019, and now provides 24/7/365 final reports for imaging studies across four of the Yale New Haven Health System Emergency Rooms (York Street Campus, St. Raphael’s Campus, Shoreline, and Milford). The section also provides overnight reads for inpatients at these locations and all patients at the West Haven VA Medical Center and Bridgeport Hospital. With this vast coverage, our ER/Trauma radiologists interpret over 200,000 studies annually. Quality care is obtained by multiple overlapping shifts throughout the day and night.
Our 12 full-time faculty members and 2 Leadership in Healthcare Fellows are core to the success of our section. In addition, there is opportunity for our Board Eligible and/or Certified Diagnostic Radiology fellows from our various sub-specialties to moonlight on evenings, weekends and holidays. This experience allows fellows from other sections to gain attending level experience. An active quality assurance process ensures appropriate oversight of generalists by our subspecialist radiologists to maintain uniformity of service with the highest level of subspecialty care to all patients.
Yale medical students form the backbone of our unique ER Radiology triage program. An active and healthy academic relationship also exists between ER radiology and various clinical services within Yale.
Research Direction
- Trauma imaging
- CT Scanners
- CT angiography
- Ramifications of obesity on diagnostic imaging
- The role of CT scans in redefining pediatric and adult anatomy
- Healthcare policy & Health economics
- Medicare and Medicaid finance
- Radiation risks and consent practices
- Cardiothoracic Imaging in the emergent setting
- Pulmonary embolism
- Artificial Intelligence
Yale ER/Trauma Imaging section radiologists are consistently published in national and international newspapers, magazines, and peer reviewed journal articles.
Education
The ER/Trauma imaging section sponsors two distinct fellowships.
The Healthcare Leadership in Radiology fellowship is a 2 year program jointly sponsored by Yale Department of Radiology and Yale School of Management (hyperlink). The fellow performs clinical duties at Yale New Haven Hospital while earning an MBA degree.
The ER/Trauma Radiology fellowship is a traditional 1 year program with focus on development of clinical skills.
Recent Publications
2021
- SARS-CoV-2 Infection Hospitalization Rate and Infection Fatality Rate Among the Non-Congregant Population in Connecticut.Mahajan S, Caraballo C, Li SX, Dong Y, Chen L, Huston SK, Srinivasan R, Redlich CA, Ko AI, Faust JS, Forman HP, Krumholz HM. Am J Med. 2021 Feb 19; 2021 Feb 19. PMID: 33617808.
- Night and Day: Confounding Factors Complicate Comparison and Generalizability of Radiology Error Rates.Dym RJ, Forman HP, Scheinfeld MH. Radiology. 2021 Feb; 2020 Dec 15. PMID: 33320068.
- Wunderlich Syndrome: Wonder What It Is.Parmar N, Langdon J, Kaliannan K, Mathur M, Guo Y, Mahalingam S. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2021 Jan 9; 2021 Jan 9. PMID: 33483188.
- Utility of Artificial Intelligence Tool as a Prospective Radiology Peer Reviewer - Detection of Unreported Intracranial Hemorrhage.Rao B, Zohrabian V, Cedeno P, Saha A, Pahade J, Davis MA. Acad Radiol. 2021 Jan; 2020 Feb 24. PMID: 32102747.
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: Deciphering the Black and White.Mahalingam S, Langdon J, Muniraj T, Do A, Guo Y, Spektor M, Mathur M. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2021 Jan - Feb; 2020 Jan 11. PMID: 32063296.
- Racial Health Disparities, COVID-19, and a Way Forward for US Health Systems.Tiako MJN, Forman HP, Nuñez-Smith M. J Hosp Med. 2021 Jan. PMID: 33357329.
2020
- Second thoughts: Emergency clinicians see value in secondary interpretations.Danda D, Mezrich J. Clin Imaging. 2020 Dec; 2020 Jun 10. PMID: 32554166.
- Herd Immunity and Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Control.Omer SB, Yildirim I, Forman HP. JAMA. 2020 Nov 24. PMID: 33074293.
- Machine Learning and Improved Quality Metrics in Acute Intracranial Hemorrhage by Noncontrast Computed Tomography.Davis MA, Rao B, Cedeno PA, Saha A, Zohrabian VM. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2020 Nov 15; 2020 Nov 15. PMID: 33243455.
- Urgent Care Centers Delay Emergent Surgical Care Based on Patient Insurance Status in The United States.Hsiang WR, Wiznia D, Yousman L, Najem M, Mosier-Mills A, Jin G, Jain S, Khunte A, Davis KA, Forman HP, Schuster KM. Ann Surg. 2020 Oct. PMID: 32932304.
- Radiology bottlenecks - Is there any utility of just in time inventory principles in the ED setting?Mezrich J. Clin Imaging. 2020 Oct; 2020 May 13. PMID: 32450483.
- Symmetric, bilateral upper and lower extremity lucent lesions in a patient with Gaucher's disease on enzyme replacement therapy.Kuhn AS, Makusha LP, Bokhari SAJ. Radiol Case Rep. 2020 Nov; 2020 Sep 3. PMID: 32944102.
- Medicolegal training in radiology; an overlooked component of the non-interpretive skills curriculum.Imanzadeh A, Pourjabbar S, Mezrich J. Clin Imaging. 2020 Sep; 2020 Apr 14. PMID: 32485598.
- The Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Radiology Practices.Cavallo JJ, Forman HP. Radiology. 2020 Sep; 2020 Apr 15. PMID: 32293225.
- Gender Disparity in Industry Relationships With Academic Interventional Radiology Physicians.Deipolyi AR, Becker AS, Covey AM, Chimonas SC, Rosenkrantz AB, Forman HP, Copen WA. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020 Aug; 2020 Apr 29. PMID: 32348184.
- Dissecting drug pricing: Supply chain, market, and nonmarket trends impacting clinical dermatology.Nguyen HP, Go JA, Barbieri JS, Stough D, Stoff BK, Forman HP, Bolognia JL, Albrecht J. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Aug; 2020 Apr 21. PMID: 32330637.
- Impact of Radiologist-Driven Change-Order Requests on Outpatient CT and MRI Examinations.Pourjabbar S, Cavallo JJ, Arango J, Tocino I, Staib LH, Imanzadeh A, Forman HP, Pahade JK. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Aug; 2020 Jan 17. PMID: 31954708.
- Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of teledermatology: Where are we now, and what are the barriers to adoption?Wang RH, Barbieri JS, Nguyen HP, Stavert R, Forman HP, Bolognia JL, Kovarik CL. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Jul; 2020 Feb 5. PMID: 32035106.
- Trends in Compensation for Primary Care and Specialist Physicians After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act.Hsiang WR, Gross CP, Maroongroge S, Forman HP. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jul 1; 2020 Jul 1. PMID: 32721025.
- Endovascular Contact Aspiration versus Stent Retriever for Revascularization in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke and Large Vessel Occlusion: A Cost-Minimization Analysis.Malhotra A, Boltyenkov A, Wu X, Matouk CC, Forman HP, Gandhi D, Sanelli P. World Neurosurg. 2020 Jul; 2020 Feb 24. PMID: 32105871.